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Post by syzygy on Feb 19, 2018 13:53:46 GMT
Collection of Moai replicas' locations from around the Globe, being put together by co-members of GEC forums. my first and only one find so far is this 2,4 meters poplar trunk Moai replica at Pusztamérges, Hungary, 46°19'7.32"N, 19°42'17.07"E  chainshaw carved wood sculpture by Papp Attila (2013.)
photo by Csala Istvánphoto of the "chainshaw-artist" whilst working on this piece and article from source: delmagyar.hu (hun.) no StreetView sight (GoogleCar was there 2 years before), no GE Layer info, valuable placemark in company of all other finds from this thread below. *** recent stage of updates: 24 sculptures' sites in attached kmz folder: Moai Replicas.kmz (5.52 KB) |
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Post by willi1 on Aug 5, 2018 9:35:31 GMT
It is a 3 meter replica, but it was made from the original volcanic stone of Easter Island by the artist Alejandro Pakarati, a native of Easter Island. It can be found in Dublin on the Clontarf Promenade and is a gift from the Chilean government from November 2004.
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Post by pitter on Aug 8, 2018 4:58:49 GMT
Hi again, we also have some in Germany, for example in a museum in Cologne and in Hamburg. In November 1999, two volcanic stones (six tons) were brought from the Easter Island here to Hamburg at the instigation of the Consulate General of Chile in Hamburg and worked by sculptors of the island, as in ancient times, with traditional hand tools. Some of the Chileans living in Hamburg have christened this Moai "Angelito" and decided to celebrate the "Moai's Birthday" in an annual Michelwiesenfest. Meanwhile, the Moai is a tourist attraction. So long! Pitter Moai Angelito Hamburg Germany.kmz (858 B) link Moai Angelito Hamburg |
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Post by willi1 on Aug 26, 2018 16:35:58 GMT
Another replica can be found at the Timexpo Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut.
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Post by willi1 on Sept 2, 2018 14:27:00 GMT
Also to be found at the Fram Museum in Oslo (Norway) and in Vina del Mar (Chile) |
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Post by willi1 on Nov 1, 2018 20:15:41 GMT
The Scottish variant for sale. If you do not like the stone head, there are other interesting objects. (Portpatrick, UK)
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Post by willi1 on Nov 27, 2018 19:13:16 GMT
In Italy there is a moai, the only true one outside Easter Island in the world. It is located in Vitorchiano, a village of Etruscan origin, a few kilometers from Viterbo. The Moai di Vitorchiano is not old: in 1990 it was designed by eleven indigenous Maori of the Easter Island, who were invited by RAI - Radiotelevisione italiana. As the Moai originals on Easter Island worsen, state television searched for a volcanic rock that resembles the Easter Island quarry to build a new one. He found it right here: a giant peperino block weighing thirty tons. He was sculpted by eleven indigenous Maori of the Atanm family with manual axes and sharp stones from the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island, Chile). 'The Moai - explained the builders after dancing around the block of Peperino, which was gradually taking shape - is a sacred sculpture: it brings wealth to the observed place, provided it is never moved. When it is moved from the place where it is carved, it causes great misfortune. '
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Post by willi1 on Dec 1, 2018 14:30:13 GMT
A 14-foot-tall Moai statue stands in New Berlin, Wisconsin. It's is made of wood, diamond mesh metal lath and cement plaster. Built 1980 by the painter Joe Stanke, a admirers of the Moais.
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Post by willi1 on Dec 9, 2018 13:03:14 GMT
This 40-year-old Tucson icon was once in the now closed property Magic Carpet Golf. Tucsonians and visitors can now see their famous tiki in a Hawaiian grill on 4th Avenue.
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Post by willi1 on Dec 12, 2018 10:57:43 GMT
Located in Kensington, Maryland.
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Post by syzygy on Dec 12, 2018 15:28:13 GMT
no thread of mine anymore! many thanks willi1 put this great collection together, also the one other co-contributor so far, pitter for their finding! one thing is up for me: frequently update kmz folder, now attached to OP! (: (credits given by each placemark) thank you again, and keep up the good work! g |
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Post by willi1 on Dec 12, 2018 17:20:25 GMT
... and keep up the good work! Yup ! 
Standing at Stonehenge II in Ingram, Texas.
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Post by willi1 on Dec 17, 2018 12:03:42 GMT
With red eyes in Daytona Beach Shores
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Post by syzygy on Jan 9, 2019 9:12:02 GMT
just have got in PM: site added, thanks krenek !  |
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Post by willi1 on Jan 15, 2019 13:11:47 GMT
A little starved, the boy
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Post by willi1 on Jan 24, 2019 14:33:06 GMT
To be found in Lake George (NY). His relationship is close by. |
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Post by willi1 on Jan 28, 2019 13:29:18 GMT
With some good will you can call that Moai (Antares, Arizona).
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Post by krenek on Feb 6, 2019 6:03:52 GMT
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Post by syzygy on Feb 6, 2019 7:20:58 GMT
thanks krenek this great " off-topic" story! (:I think, that of course it should be returned to the members of the culture it was born within, and let them do anything they want to do with it! we already have enough replicas of these around! (; other sort of thing when indigenous maori people sculpt one in another coutry to stand there. (check post above in this thread by willi1 ) ------ here I attach placemark with approximate position and direction of "The Friend that Lost" before it was moved (based on wiki-data), also give link to essential source of info! (; The Friend that Lost.kmz (824 B) |
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Post by willi1 on Feb 10, 2019 13:29:42 GMT
Fort Lauderdale (meanwhile gone?)
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Post by willi1 on Sept 23, 2020 10:31:16 GMT
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Post by willi1 on Mar 27, 2021 15:38:03 GMT
Found in the infinite depths of my archive
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Post by willi1 on Mar 31, 2021 17:01:29 GMT
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Post by syzygy on Mar 31, 2021 17:14:18 GMT
From the bottomless abyss of your archives I suppose... ( : Thanks much! Updated kmz file attached to OP. (Your next post from NYC included.)  |
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Post by willi1 on Jan 20, 2022 18:18:25 GMT
Found in Brooklyn, NYC Attachments:Moai NYC.kmz (786 B)
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